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Southern Utah University

Students Say

“I love SUU,” says one student, whose bubbly enthusiasm is typical among her classmates. “My professors are great. . . . One time I was struggling to write a paper for English, so I called my professor’s house, and he met up with me at the university library and helped me work on my paper. . . . I [also] dream of being a basketball coach . . . and the head basketball coach lets me . . . watch practice and . . . even got me a volunteer job at a local middle school . . . coach[ing] a 7th and 8th grade team.”

Overview

GPA Breakdown

Test Scores

SAT Reading

460 - 570

SAT Math

450 - 570

SAT Writing

440 - 550

ACT Composite

20 - 26

Deadlines

Regular

May 1

Other Admission Factors

Academic

Academic GPA
Standardized Test Scores

Overall

Students Say

“I love SUU,” says one student, whose bubbly enthusiasm is typical among her classmates. “My professors are great. . . . One time I was struggling to write a paper for English, so I called my professor’s house, and he met up with me at the university library and helped me work on my paper. . . . I [also] dream of being a basketball coach . . . and the head basketball coach lets me . . . watch practice and . . . even got me a volunteer job at a local middle school . . . coach[ing] a 7th and 8th grade team.” We’re told that professors demonstrate “passion for the subjects they teach, but are more concerned about the student and his or her potential than the subject and thus will do everything possible to ensure” student success. Administrators are also “helpful” and “know you and why you are here.” Strong programs include “theater, business, and nursing”; the first boasts strong ties with the annual 4-month-long Utah Shakespearean Festival, and the last is simply no piece of cake. School “was a whole lot of fun during my nursing prerequisites,” says one student, “and a whole lot of work now that I’m in the program.” Retention is a problem in the student body at large---less than a third of all students graduate in 6 years.

Career Services

Dates

Financial Aid Rating

73

Application Deadlines

Notification Date

Nov 1

Required Forms

FAFSA

Bang For Your Buck

Southern Utah has more than 7,000 students on campus, of which over three-quarters are full-time, and enrolled about 1,300 freshmen last year. Each student pays $616 in student fees, with books and supplies around $1,600, but the resident and nonresident tuition amounts differ. Incoming freshmen who are residents can expect to pay just over $5,000 in tuition, while nonresidents can expect something just a little north of $17,000. Room and board ranges between $2,000 and $6,700 depending on which dorm the student lives in. The average financial aid package is nearly $8,000.

Overall

Students Say

Students tell us that the “typical T-bird” has “an eagerness for learning, a passion for involvement, and a contagious friendliness” that combine to put other students at ease. “It is fairly easy to strike up a conversation with a random student on campus.” Students are heavily “into [the] outdoors,” and proximity to the Utah Shakespearean Festival also attracts “many theater” types. In addition, “a large majority of the students belong to the LDS faith.” This homogeneity has its fans and detractors: one student enjoys having his fellow “Mormons . . . among the student body, because their morals are so high,” while another LDS student found it “hard coming from a community college [that] was highly diverse. . . . The school could use some diversity training [for] students, faculty, and staff.” There are two non-LDS Christian groups and six multicultural organizations on campus. Students are “accepting.” Students say that “everyone is treated with respect” and “fits in,” and no one “absolutely hates” anyone else---“except” when it comes to “school politics.”

Student Body Profile

Total Undergraduate Enrollment

6,953

Out of State

International

6%

Foreign Countries Represented

26

Demographics

1.30%

American Indian or Alaskan Native

1.38%

African-American

5.32%

Hispanic

85.14%

Caucasian

4.08%

Unknown

5.71%

International

55%female

45%male

74%are full time

26%are part time

Overview

Students Say

SUU’s prime Cedar City location puts students within 150 miles of Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon---and those are just the big-name national parks. Students take ample advantage of the “remarkable” setting by “hiking, kayaking, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, caving,” and “exploring.” In addition, “We’re not afraid to put forth a little effort to have fun,” says one undergrad. “Three days ago we drove an hour and a half to hang out in a . . . hot spring in minus-12-degree weather.” Extreme recreation goes beyond the outdoorsy: “This weekend we’re actually planning on lining a U-Haul truck with mattresses and driving around Cedar taking sharp turns to see if we can ‘surf’ in the back of the truck.” Students also play recreational sports---“football, Ultimate Frisbee,” “racquetball, basketball, [and] volleyball”---on campus, although they say that intercollegiate “Sports [are] not a very strong point” and “Athletic [events] aren’t even worth going to.” “There are tons of clubs” on campus: “I am not a music major, but I am still actively involved in five music ensembles,” says one student. More than 20 couples belong to “a married kids club” that holds “date nights [with] dinner and a movie.” Whatever your interests, we’re told that “the small student body. . . . makes it easy to make friends.” “The only thing that we are in desperate need of,” says one student, is better “shopping. Luckily, St. George is 40 minutes away, and Las Vegas is 2 hours.”

Student Services

Campus Security Report

The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclose their security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annual crime report and provide timely warnings to students and campus employees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat to students and campus employees.

The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's Campus Security Reports where available. Applicants can also access all school-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education: http://ope.ed.gov/security